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• Kelowna man charged with murdering wife, two young daughters

  21-12-2017 23:06 via vancouversun.com
  A Kelowna man has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder in connection with deaths of his wife and two young daughters.
  The bodies of Clara Soledad Forman and her daughters, Karina Anne, eight, and Yesenia Kate, seven, were found in their home on Dec. 19.
  Jacob Daniel Forman, born in 1983, was arrested a short time later. He made his first court appearance on Wednesday, during which he was ordered to stay in custody, and is due to make another in B.C. provincial court in Kelowna
  
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• This is how parks crews remove snow/spread salt along the Green Necklace, Spirit Trail, bike lanes etc. #1 priority… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 22:15 via twitter.com
  This is how parks crews remove snow/spread salt along the Green Necklace, Spirit Trail, bike lanes etc. #1 priority… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Transit police arrest man for harassing woman on SkyTrain

  21-12-2017 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  A 64-year-old man, accused of stalking a young woman on Vancouver buses and SkyTrains, has been arrested by Metro Vancouver Transit Police.
  Transit police say a 21-year-old Vancouver woman told patrol officers on Monday that an unknown man had been following and harassing her for several months.
  The woman regularly encountered the man on her commute to and from work. She said his behaviour included making inappropriate sexual remarks and gestures.
  “It’s a form of stalking &helli
  
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• Our crews were out at 5:20am, spreading salt along the W. Keith Rd MUP by STA. All available parks staff have been… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 21:08 via twitter.com
  Our crews were out at 5:20am, spreading salt along the W. Keith Rd MUP by STA. All available parks staff have been… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Citizenship judge highlights Christmas to new Canadians

  21-12-2017 20:48 via vancouversun.com
  A Metro Vancouver citizenship court judge is applauded every time he tells newcomers about Santa Claus and the inter-faith meaning of Christmas in Canada.
  Gerald Pash, who presided over six ceremonies for 360 new citizens this week in Surrey, responds to the season by offering new citizens warm, inspiring comments about the value of Christmas for all.
  “I have used the same words for the past three years for the ceremonies in advance of Christmas.  The new Canadians applaud every time,
  
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• Supreme Court upholds dangerous offender provisions in Criminal Code based on Vancouver case

  21-12-2017 20:31 via vancouversun.com
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the constitutionality of Criminal Code provisions for declaring someone a dangerous offender who can be held indefinitely.
  The 8-1 high court ruling came Thursday in the case of Donald Joseph Boutilier, who was branded a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeterminate prison term.
  Boutilier had pleaded guilty to six offences arising out of an armed robbery of a drug store and subsequent car chase in Vancouver seven years ago. A drug ad
  
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• If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, you may be in luck this year 😲! ow.ly/k5nQ30hnvyP #NorthVan ❄️ ☃️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 20:11 via twitter.com
  If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, you may be in luck this year 😲! ow.ly/k5nQ30hnvyP#NorthVan ❄️ ☃️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Citizenship judge explains Christmas to new Canadians

  21-12-2017 20:03 via vancouversun.com
  A Metro Vancouver citizenship court judge is applauded every time he tells newcomers about Santa Claus and the inter-faith meaning of Christmas in Canada.
  Gerald Pash, who presided over six ceremonies for 360 new citizens this week in Surrey, responds to the season by offering new citizens warm, inspiring comments about the value of Christmas for all.
  “I have used the same words for the past three years for the ceremonies in advance of Christmas.  The new Canadians applaud every time,
  
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• Adopt-A-School: Sidoo family steps up for Maple Ridge Secondary

  21-12-2017 19:56 via vancouversun.com
  When Jordan Sidoo was 14 years old he would sell pen and pencil sets to his friends to raise money for The Vancouver Sun’s Adopt-A-School campaign.
  Seven years later he’s a director of the Sidoo family’s charitable foundation with his brother Dylan, 24.
  And on Wednesday the brothers wrote a $15,000 cheque to AAS to be used to feed lunch to students attending Maple Ridge Secondary.
  Earlier this week The Sun ran a story on the problems the school was having feeding
  
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• Vancouver police nab four more in break-and-enter sting

  21-12-2017 18:46 via vancouversun.com
  An ongoing Vancouver police investigation into a series of residential break-ins in South Vancouver has led to four more people being charged with break and enter offences.
  The VPD began Project Lookout in early November after several residents reported their homes were ransacked and personal items were stolen.
  “It appears that suspects were circling neighbourhoods looking for potential targets. They would knock on the door, and when no one answered, they forced entry,” VPD Cst. Jaso
  
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• There have been disruptions to garbage, recycling, and organics pickup this week due to Tuesday’s heavy snow. Find… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 18:12 via twitter.com
  There have been disruptions to garbage, recycling, and organics pickup this week due to Tuesday’s heavy snow. Find… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Don't forget, dog licence renewal deadline is Dec 31. Renew in person or online cnv.org/Dog #NorthVan https://t.co/rx2M6gChCo

  21-12-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  
  Don't forget, dog licence renewal deadline is Dec 31. Renew in person or online cnv.org/Dog #NorthVan https://t.co/rx2M6gChCo
  
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• Restaurant review: JD Farms Bistro goes big on turkey

  21-12-2017 18:00 via vancouversun.com
  JD Farms Bistro
  24726 52 Ave., Langley | 604-856-2431
  Open: Monday-Saturday (9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.); Sunday (10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.); jdfarms.ca
  If you’ve ever wondered if there are more than 100 different ways to enjoy turkey, there are. And JD Farms proves it.
  “Everything that we sell here is made with turkey,” says Marilyn Morgan, who runs the Langley-based farm with her brother, Jason Froese.
  “We make over 130 products using turkey, from sausages,
  
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• Good morning! #DNVsnow team reports that priority 1 routes are 100% clear, priority 2 routes are 80% clear, and pri… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 17:59 via twitter.com
  Good morning! #DNVsnow team reports that priority 1 routes are 100% clear, priority 2 routes are 80% clear, and pri… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• How to brine a turkey

  21-12-2017 17:46 via vancouversun.com
  I have settled on my approach to roasting turkey over many years, at first watching my father, then as a professional cook and finally in consultation with a number of chefs in Vancouver’s finest kitchens. (If you are impatient, the recipes are at the bottom of this post.)
  Cooks fall into two main camps: Those who aspire to tender juicy turkey by attacking the problem from the outside – basters and fat-strappers – and those who address the issue from the inside – the
  
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• Citizenship judge applauded after telling new Canadians about Christmas

  21-12-2017 17:45 via vancouversun.com
  A Metro Vancouver citizenship court judge is applauded every time he tells newcomers about Santa Claus and the inter-faith meaning of Christmas in Canada.
  Gerald Pash, who presided over six ceremonies for 360 new citizens this week in Surrey, responds to the season by offering new citizens warm, inspiring comments about the value of Christmas for all.
  “I have used the same words for the past three years for the ceremonies in advance of Christmas.  The new Canadians applaud every time,
  
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• Chance of snow could make for a white Christmas in Vancouver

  21-12-2017 17:42 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has good news for those dreaming of a white Christmas.
  The weather agency’s extended forecast says there is a 60 per cent chance that snow will fall on Christmas Eve Sunday and 40 per cent chance of snow flurries for Christmas Day.
  The mercury is also expected to drop down to a chilly minus 5 C on Monday.
  Today’s forecast is also calling for snow. Environment Canada says there is a 70 per cent chance  of flurries or rain showers tonight.
  
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• B.C. engineer develops scanner to diagnose eye diseases early and save vision

  21-12-2017 17:28 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — A British Columbia engineering science professor has developed a high-resolution scanner that he says will revolutionize how eye diseases are diagnosed to prevent vision loss.
  Prof. Marinko Sarunic of Simon Fraser University said doctors currently use low-resolution scanners that can assess the cause of patients’ dead retina cells.
  “Because the resolution is low, they don’t detect small changes, they detect big changes,” he said. “What we want is t
  
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• Man faces three murder charges following deaths near Kelowna

  21-12-2017 17:07 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — A man in his 30s appears in a British Columbia courtroom this afternoon charged with three counts of murder.
  Court documents show Jacob Forman, born in 1983, made his first appearance before a judge on Wednesday.
  He is facing three counts of murder and the documents say the slayings occurred Dec. 17.
  Kelowna RCMP have released few details, but confirm they are investigating three suspicious deaths at a home in the city’s Rutland neighbourhood.
  “We are not releasing an
  
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• Daily Poll: Do you plan on travelling over the holidays?

  21-12-2017 16:19 via vancouversun.com
  Today is the busiest travel day of the holiday season.
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  Get there early: Thursday to be YVR's busiest day of the yearVancouver International Airport, which serve up to 83,000 passengers per day during the holiday season, says Dec. 21 is expected to be the airport’s busiest day of what has been a record year at YVR.
  “We anticipate our busiest days to be when school gets out and the week after Christmas,” YVR spokeswoman Andrea Pham told The Canadian Press.
  WestJet said it
  
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• Contact Winter Music Festival heats up B.C. Place

  21-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Contact Winter Music Festival
  Dec. 26, 27, multiple dates and times | B.C. Place
  Tickets and info: From $175 at Ticketmaster.ca
  The two day long Contact Winter Music Festival couldn’t arrive at a better time. EDM fans are cold and hungry for a grand dance music spectacle as memories of the Summer season’s events have long ago faded away.
  Massive bass bins booming throughout B.C. Place accompanied by a giant light show is exactly what Dr. Feelgood prescribed to loose the Winter blahs.
  
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• 7 things to do this week in the Lower Mainland: Dec. 22 – 28: Cirque du Soleil, Early Music Vancouver, The Nutcracker and more

  21-12-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Cirque du Soleil: Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities
  Until Dec. 31, various times | Concord Pacific Place
  Tickets and info: From $49 at tickets.cirquedusoleil.com
  Quite simply, this is one of the best shows to come out of the creative minds in Montreal behind the Cirque du Soleil global brand. Set in a very alternate universe with a heavy steampunk theme, the sets, the performances and the music are all top-tier. Even the acts that might seem familiar, such as the balancing chairs routine, ar
  
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• Youth in detention get another 'mom' for Christmas

  21-12-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 1982, the first year Evelyn Florendo volunteered to cook Christmas dinner for kids in custody at the Burnaby Youth Detention Centre, one girl in particular caught her attention.
  “She was only 15. She was very busy, working so hard, helping me, serving the food, cleaning up the food,” said Florendo, now 81. Florendo asked a guard for the girl’s name, and approached her at the end of the dinner. “I said, whatever leftovers you want, you can take them to your room.”
  
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• B.C.'s top slot machine players rake in millions in jackpots, review shows

  21-12-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  A review of gamblers placing massive bets in B.C. Lottery Corp. casino slot machines has raised concerns about the “effectiveness and/or existence of controls to monitor slots for money laundering,” documents obtained by Postmedia News show.
  Documents say a B.C. gaming policy and enforcement branch review of BCLC slot machine play was triggered by the 2016 B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office case against Michael Mancini, a Salmon Arm landscaper.
  The case alleged that Mancini — who cla
  
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• Death of young beaver in Port Moody draws call for investigation

  21-12-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  The drowning of a young beaver in a Port Moody sewer last weekend is drawing calls for an investigation by a local wildlife group.
  According to a media release from the City of Port Moody, last Friday a city crew was “working to safely remove a beaver family, along with their den and food cache, from a city storm sewer pipe in Pigeon Creek, to prevent a potential blockage that could cause flooding and damage to property in and around Port Moody’s Klahanie neighbourhood.”
  During
  
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• Advocates, families speak out in defence of B.C.’s Mental Health Act

  21-12-2017 06:45 via vancouversun.com
  Frederick Dawe remembers the night about 30 years ago that his six-foot-eight son experienced a psychotic break in the emergency room of a Vancouver-area hospital.
  “He just lost it. He picked up a couch, swung it around the room, cleaned the room out,” Dawe said. “It took four security guards to hold him down while they gave him an injection.”
  The month-long hospital stay that followed was one of several where Peter Dawe was kept against his will. Both he and his father s
  
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• CORRECTION: Snow removal priority route map is at DNV.org/snow twitter.com/NVanDistrict/s…

  21-12-2017 05:56 via twitter.com
  CORRECTION: Snow removal priority route map is at DNV.org/snow twitter.com/NVanDistrict/s…
  
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• Tonight's #DNVsnow update: Priority 1 routes, 90% clear; priority 2 routes, 70% clear; priority 3 routes, 50% clear… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 05:53 via twitter.com
  Tonight's #DNVsnow update: Priority 1 routes, 90% clear; priority 2 routes, 70% clear; priority 3 routes, 50% clear… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Five Things about Canada's mobile phone prices

  21-12-2017 04:00 via vancouversun.com
  Why did the telecoms do this?
  Given the chase for subscribers, it’s probably not much of a surprise how things played out this weekend in the local cellphone market. First there was Shaw’s Freedom Mobile making an aggressive pricing move way back in October. Then over the weekend, along came Rogers and Fido. Then it was Telus and Koodo. And finally, Bell.
  It’s the fear of being left behind, of not seizing the moment. And about retaining market share in face of new Canadian-base
  
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• Get there early: Thursday to be YVR's busiest day of the year

  21-12-2017 03:59 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re flying from Vancouver International Airport on Thursday, be ready to wait.
  Thursday, YVR says they’re expecting as many as 83,000 people — and the coming days will be nearly as busy.
  As a result, officials are advising travellers to arrive earlier than usual for their flights in the coming days. And with winter weather expected to return to the region on Thursday, it’s worth preparing for that too.
  So, yes, possible flight delays because of snow clearance off of
  
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• B.C. mom cries foul after young son removed from WestJet flight

  21-12-2017 03:16 via vancouversun.com
  A Prince George mother is upset with an airline crew’s decision to remove her son from a flight after he vomited just prior to takeoff.
  Five-year old Cooper Bond had used a sick bag as he sat in a WestJet plane about to leave Vancouver for Prince George on Dec. 9. 
  When his mother, Cristina, asked the flight attendant if there was a way to dispose of the bag, the response was not what she expected.
  Within minutes, the family was told Cooper would not be allowed on the flight nor any o
  
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• Vancouver firefighters battle apartment building blaze

  21-12-2017 03:04 via vancouversun.com
  The Vancouver Fire Department is battling a three-alarm fire at a three-storey apartment building in East Vancouver.
  The building at 1766 Frances Street contains 27 social housing units operated by the Vancouver Native Housing Society.
  A man with his bird cage stands outside burning apartment building on Salisbury St. #Vancouver @CKNW pic.twitter.com/KNMQpKD4aJ
  — judy rudin (@judyrudin) December 20, 2017The fire broke out at around 11 a.m.
  The cause of the fire has not been released.
  
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• Opinion: Vision Vancouver 'nickel and diming' taxpayers

  21-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Tell me, are you getting your money’s worth? It’s a question I have asked Vancouver taxpayers many times during my six years on City Council. I’ve asked the question so many times that I’m starting to have double and triple déjà vu every time the city’s annual operating budget comes forward. 
  If you’re looking for an answer to the value-for-money question, you will find it buried deep in the City’s 2018 Budget on page 379. Only 35 per
  
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• Opinion: Decision to approve Site C undermines reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and long-term action on climate change

  21-12-2017 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  The controversial $10.7-billion Site C dam is Canada’s first mega-project in the new era of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Regulatory reviews, public consultations and the subsequent decision by B.C. Premier John Horgan to proceed with dam construction have occurred at a time when Canadians have finally begun to come to terms with our long painful history of colonization of Indigenous Peoples and their lands and territories. Following the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Co
  
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• Calling all #SnowAngels, please help your elderly neighbours clear/salt the sidewalk in front of their home.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 03:00 via twitter.com
  Calling all #SnowAngels, please help your elderly neighbours clear/salt the sidewalk in front of their home.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Founder of Vancouver lithium venture cashes in on decarbonizing the economy

  21-12-2017 02:58 via vancouversun.com
  In 2015, Vancouver junior-mining financier Brian Paes-Braga bet that it would be good business to get into supplying materials  for fossil-fuel-free transportation.
  This week, the 29-year-old Paes-Braga and his partners in the venture they founded, Lithium X Energy Corp., cashed in on that bet with a $265-million deal to sell the company to Chinese firm NextView New Energy Lion Hong Kong Ltd.
  For shareholders, the sale is a good pay out for the $50 million they’ve raised to secure lit
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

  21-12-2017 02:55 via vancouversun.com
  There have been some big crime stories this year, including the continued gang violence across the Lower Mainland, Jamie Bacon’s Surrey Six murder and conspiracy charges being stayed, the sentencing of Hells Angel David Giles to 18 years in jail only to have him die a few months later and the high-profile murder trial of accused UN hitman Cory Vallee.
  And there will likely be more big stories in 2018, especially with some major trials set to begin like the civil forfeiture case expected to
  
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• It's yours to give. New Years Resolution #1 Give Blood | Donor Clinic at the Pipe Shop 1PM - 8PM January 3… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  It's yours to give. New Years Resolution #1 Give Blood | Donor Clinic at the Pipe Shop 1PM - 8PM January 3… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Snow Update: #CNVsnow removal team has cleared all routes and will be salting through the night for your morning co… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-12-2017 01:08 via twitter.com
  Snow Update: #CNVsnow removal team has cleared all routes and will be salting through the night for your morning co… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Passenger dead following single-vehicle accident in Richmond

  21-12-2017 00:49 via vancouversun.com
  A 37-year-old Delta man died Tuesday from injuries received during a single vehicle accident in Richmond.
  RCMP say the man was a passenger in a 2006 Acura sedan that collided with a hydro pole at around 11:30 a.m. in the area of River Road and No. 8 Road.
  The vehicle ended up partially submerged in a ditch.
  The driver, a 45-year-old Delta man, was able to escape from the car and pull the passenger free with the help of some good Samaritans.
  Both occupants were injured and taken to hospital,
  
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• Indigenous woman’s grave site brings pilgrims to former B.C. residential school

  21-12-2017 00:22 via vancouversun.com
  FRASER LAKE — Rose Prince arrived at the former Lejac Residential School in British Columbia when she was six years old and never left.
  Her grave site on the grounds of the Catholic-run institution at Fraser Lake is all that remains of the school, but it brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous visitors on pilgrimages every year seeking spiritual and physical healing.
  Prince was known for her devout faith, compassion, humility and self-sacrifice. But it’s the almost unreal circumstances
  
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• ART SEEN: Paintings by Jay Senetchko explore eternal recurrence at Winsor Gallery

  21-12-2017 00:04 via vancouversun.com
  If you go Back to the Future and Forward to the Past, where is the present?
  Jay Senetchko’s paintings at Winsor Gallery are big narrative, figurative works that made me think of a future that  might happen or a past that’s been forgotten. They’re oil on canvas paintings with frames that look heavy and ornate like you might find on some 19th century European masterpiece. But there’s a difference. Instead of the edges of the frames projecting forward into the space of
  
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